It’s so yummy: Tan Chiew Lan (white apron), 78, showing her fellow members from Penang Hainan Association how to cook the sticky rice cakes to make Art Bhua, a sweetmeat that Hainanese parents made to celebrate their babies’ first month, at the event. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: When newborns get through the first month of their lives, it is cause for celebration.
“Now, parents give restaurant gift vouchers to friends and relatives as a way to celebrate, but long ago, we took our time to make something special,” said Penang Hainan Association secretary Tan Heng Kee.
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